Governor Hu Heping Meets with Lohela, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland

As secretary of Shaanxi provincial party committee and governor of Shaanxi province, Hu Heping met with Lohela, speaker of the parliament of Finland, in Xi’an on Nov. 8 evening.

Hu Heping extended warm welcome to Lohela’s visiting Shaanxi. As an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, Shaanxi boasts of splendid cultures, complete industrial systems and powerful sci-tech and education strengths. What’s more, the province is blessed with abundant energy resources and inviting natural landscapes. As the “Belt and Road” initiative gains momentum and Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone came into existence, Shaanxi, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, has come to the fore in its opening up to the western regions. Taking advantage of the speaker’s visiting Shaanxi; we will strengthen cooperation in the field of scientific innovation, trade and tourism to achieve win-win results.

Lohela said that freight trains bounding for Xi’an would be set in motion recently. She also held that there were extensive areas, including multi-tiered people-to-people exchanges, businesses, culture and tourism, in our bilateral relations where Finland and Shaanxi needed to cooperate, and such cooperation would promote our friendship to new heights.